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Prayer Needs

EMC is a Worshipping Church where prayer is considered vital to our ethos and indeed to God's word.

 

 

 

These pages give the opportunity of all of us to seek God's help via the media of prayer; following are some pointers towards our thoughts with our God.
 

Praying with EMC Internet led by Malcolm Boyd 

 

July to September 2010

I will proclaim the name of the Lord.  O praise the greatness of our God!  He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just.  A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.

Deuteronomy 32 1-4.

Prayer and Praise

It is right that our prayers should have an element of praise to our God and it is so good to be able to quote the wonderful verse above.  He is indeed a faithful God and if we trust Him he will fulfil our deepest needs and petitions.  Please God, help us to pray with sincerity and humbleness for our needs and those of others in the expectation that you will hear and answer our prayers.  Give us the understanding and discernment to accept answers to our prayers even though they may be contrary to our expectations.

In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving

let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 4:6

Harvest Time.

Soon it will be time to reap the crops in the fields and gather in the harvest of fruits from trees and bushes.  Thank you Lord for the times of plenty and for the rich variety of food that we have become used to in the developed world.  Help us to be actively concerned for those in other parts of the world where drought or pestilence have caused the harvest to repeatedly fail leading to serious famine.  Instil in us a sense of responsibility towards those who are less fortunate and in grave danger for their lives.

You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly.  The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with corn, for so you have ordained it.  You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops.  You crown the year with your bounty.

Psalm 65:9-11.

Army at War

We remember at this time all those in our armed forces, particularly those fighting to bring stable government in Afghanistan.  We pray especially for the families of those who mourn their loved ones lost in the heat of battle.  Our thoughts and prayers go also towards those many soldiers who have been wounded and who have lost limbs.  We pray that your love will surround them and their families and give them the strength to endure their ordeal.  We pray also for the skills of the surgeons and their teams who are working so hard to give these wounded soldiers back a quality of life.

The Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

Isaiah 49:13

A New Government

We pray Lord that you will give our new leaders the wisdom to govern with justice and fairness.  May they be aware of the consequences of their decisions so that the disadvantaged are not put under greater pressure.

Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live

and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Deuteronomy 16:20

Unemployed

One of the probable consequences of a contraction of the economy will be an increase in unemployment and we pray that you will be very close to all those who are actively seeking employment.  Make them aware of your presence and of your concern for their predicament.  Help them to remain focussed, confident and not depressed or disheartened. 

For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for

welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29: 11

Cancer and life-threatening illnesses

Lord, we know of many who are suffering serious illness at this time.  We pray that you will be very near to them.  Surround them with your love and give them the strength to overcome. 

But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, he who formed you, "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.  When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

Isaiah 43:1-5

A prayer for communal care

O Lord who you yourself prayed that we might all be one, we pray now that we might each care for one another with love so that we might be all one together in the body of Christ.  Take away all dissention, backbiting, jealousy, and other barriers to harmony and set our sights on a closer union with you.  Help us to love each other as you love us.

May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,

Romans 15:5

A personal prayer

Lord, open my life to your presence.

Come fill me with your peace,

Fill my days with your glory,

Fill my heart with your love,

That my life may overflow with your goodness

And bring forth the fruits of love, peace and joy.


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